Abstract : A monthly report series reviewing S OVIET DEV LOPMENT IN LIF SUPPORT SYSTEMS AS R FLECT D IN Soviet publications is presented. This report is based on materials made available at the Aerospace Infor ation Division during May 1962. Items are el cted from Soviet open literatureAND INCLUDE SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND LITERATURE OF A POPULAR TYPE. The materials deal with space me icine and biology, space phy iology an pace vehicle ecology. (Author)